Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Mississippi Town


For my town I did Hannibal, Missouri. Hannibal was founded in 1819 by Moses Bates. By 1830, the population was 30. Access to the Mississippi river and railroad transportation fueled growth to 2,020 by 1850. Hannibal was considered a city in 1845. Its latitude and longitude are: 39 degrees 42' 15" N and 91 degrees 22' 39" W. Other famous residents include Molly Brown who was on the Titanic and Cliff Edwards who played Jiminy Cricket. The population in 2000 was 17,757. Hannibal is best known as the boyhood home of Mark Twain.

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